Depression

Depression. Everyone at some time in their life has to deal with it. Some people pass through the stage easily and don’t think much about it. Some others don’t sail through that easily. Serious depression can occur and lead to thoughts of suicide. You feel alone. Unwanted. Not needed. You feel like you’re a disturbance to those around you. You have to get it out, tell someone, and express it in some way. Your best friend in this time is yourself; you are the only one who can understand exactly what you are going through. Every day you go through the same routine and always put on a fake smile so people won’t question you about your condition. Everywhere you go there is something that relates to death. It may be a story you are reading in your English class or something you heard on the news about a school shooting. Death, it follows you. You can’t escape it, you consider suicide even more. You think about what it will be like- ending it. How the pills will gently roll out of your hand as your hand drops to the floor-cold. You think that once you are gone that people will remember you and show pity for you, feel guilty like they contributed the finishing blow. That your town or city that you live in will remain in silence for days for what you have done. It may seem like an easy task for you to kill yourself and that once it is over, its over. What about your loved ones, they have to live with the fact that you took your own life due to complications that you were having. You will feel no pain after you pass but all of those who loved you will be sick to their stomach until they learn to cope with their loss.

Whatever may be your source of depression whether it is a teacher giving you a bad grade on that test you just took, being the odd one out of the bunch or being abused. You must remember that in all ways suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Things look up in life. No matter how hard it is for you to continue right now once you get through...